United Auto Workers chief blasts Trump ahead of Michigan visit

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said he doesn't plan to meet with Donald Trump when he visits a manufacturing plant in Michigan as autoworkers strike.

United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain is making clear that he doesn't plan to meet with Donald Trump when the former president visits a manufacturing plant in Michigan on Wednesday as autoworkers maintain their strike.

"I find a pathetic irony that the former president is going to hold a rally for union members at a nonunion business," Fain said in an interview on CNN on Tuesday.

"All you have to do is look at his track record — his track record speaks for itself," he added.

This is about 'corporate greed': UAW chief reacts to Biden joining picket lineSept. 26, 202308:04Fain said that during the recession in 2008, Trump blamed UAW members and their contracts "for everything that was wrong with these companies," and he accused Trump of being nonresponsive during a previous major strike.

"The ultimate show of how much he cares about our workers was in 2019 when he was the president of the United States. Where was he then?" Fain said, referring to a General Motors strike in September and October of that year. "They were out there on the picket lines. I didn't see him hold a rally. I didn't see him stand up at the picket line and I sure as hell didn't hear him comment about it. He was missing in action."